Screening for postpartum depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): An ethical analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Krantz, Ingela ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^a   Eriksson, bo ^b   Lundquist Persson, Cristina ^a   Ahlberg, Beth Maina ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; beneficence; EPDS; ethics; postpartum depression; public health; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40549085047     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085392     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Gordon R.E. Emotional disorders of pregnancy and child-bearing. J Med Soc NJ 1957;54:16-23.
2. Brockington I. Postpartum psychiatric disorders. Lancet 2004;363:303-310.
3. Paykel E.S., Emms E.M., Fletcher J., Rassaby E.S. Life events and social support in puerperal depression. Br J Psychiatry 1980;136:339-346.
4. Cox J.L., Murray D., Chapman G. A controlled study of the onset, duration, and prevalence of postnatal depression. Br J Psychiatry 1993;163:27-31.
5. O'Hara MW, Swain A.M. Rates and risk of postpartum depression — a meta-analysis. Int Rev Psychiatry 1996;8: 37-54.
6. Wickberg B., Hwang C.P. Screening for postnatal depression in a population-based Swedish sample. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1997;95:62-66.
7. Nielsen Forman D, Videbech P., Hedegaard M., Dalby Salvig J., Secher N.J. Postpartum depression. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 2000;107:1210-1217.
8. Eberhard-Gran M., Eskild A., Tambs K., Opjordsmoen S., Samuelsen S.O. Review of validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2001;104:243-9.
9. Berle J.O., Aarre T.F., Mykletun A., Dahl A.A., Holsten F. Screening for postnatal depression. Validation of the Norwegian version of the Edingburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and assessment of risk factors for postnatal depression. J Affect Disord 2003;76:151-6.
10. Tronick E.Z., Cohn F.J. Infant-mother face-to-face interreaction: age and gender differences in coordination and occurrence of miscoordination. Child Dev 1989;60:85-92.
11. Brazelton T.B., Cramer B.G. The earliest relationship. London: Karnac Books; 1991.
12. Cox J.L., Holden J.M., Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry 1987;150: 782-6.
13. Wilson J.M.G., Junger G. Principles and practice of screening for disease. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1968.
14. Kinghorn G.R. Screening for sexually transmitted infections. Dermatol Clin 1998;16:663-7.
15. Raffle A.E. New tests in cervical screening. Lancet 1998;351: 297.
16. Harris B., Huckle P., Thomas R., Johns S., Fung H. The use of rating scales to identify post-natal depressions. Br J Psychiatry 1989;154:813-817.
17. Murray L., Carothers A.D. The validation of the Edingburgh Post-natal Depression Scale on a community sample. Br J Psychiatry 1990;157:288-290.
18. Zelkowitz P., Milet T.H. Screening for post-partum depression in a community sample. Can J Psychiatry 1995; 40: 80-86.
19. Pop V.J., Komproe I.H., van Son M.J. Characteristics of the Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale in The Netherlands. J Affect Disord 1992;26:105-110.
20. Gudeney N., Fermanian J. Validation of the French version of the Edingburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS): new results about use and psychometric properties. Eur Psychiatry 1998;13:83-89.
21. Wickberg B., Hwang C.P. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: validation on a Swedish community sample. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996;94:181-4.
22. Eberhard-Gran M., Eskild A., Tambs K., Schei B., Opjordsmoen S. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; validation in a Norwegian community sample. Nord J Psychiatry 2001;55:113-117.
23. Francoeur R.T. Biomedical ethics. A guide to decision making. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.; 1983.
24. Nilstun T. Public Health measures with HIV-infection. A model for identification and analysis of ethical conflicts. In: Allebeck P, Jansson B, editors. Ethics in medicine: individual integrity versus demands of society. New York: Raven Press; 1990. p 203-213.
25. Beauchamp T.L., Childress J.F. Principles of biomedical ethics. Oxford: Oxford Universiy Press; 2001.
26. Krantz I., Löwhagen G-B., Ahlberg B.M., Nilstun T. An ethical analysis of serological screening for genital herpes virus type 2 infection in asymptomatic individuals. BMJ 2004;329:618-621.
27. Westrin C-G., Nilstun T. The ethics of data utilisation: a comparison between epidemiology and journalism. BMJ 1994; 308:522-3.
28. Cochrane A.L. Effectiveness and efficiency — random reflections on health services. London: Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust; 1972.
29. Guedeney N., Fermanian J., Guelfi J.D., Kumar R.C. The Edingburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) and the detection of major depressive disorders in early postpartum: some concerns about false negatives. J Affect Disord 2000;61:107-112.
30. Beck C.T., Gable R.K. Comparative analysis of the performance of the postpartum depression screening scale with two other depression instruments. Nurs Res 2001;50: 242-250.